Californias Vast Fires Rout Homes Across 207000 Acres
Fires spanning 24 counties scorched 207000 acres in Northern California after a week of blazes. El Dorado Napa Sonoma and Marin counties faced major fires with thousands of homes lost or threatened and one volunteer firefighter killed. Fire crews fought to contain 276 fires as damage neared 4.5 million dollars with wildlife losses not yet tallied.
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Jack Schreibman
San Francisco
California
el Dorado County
Chiles Valley
Napa
San
Edmer
Atlas Creek
Sonoma County
Austin Creek
Cazadiero
Cardinal Supports Liberty and Catholic Dissent in Europe
A Bohemian priest once burned for heresy argues that conscience must guide worship, citing historical limits on religious freedom. The piece traces the wider debate on religious liberty at a Vatican council, including clashes over education policy, Church authority, and the role of state and independent colleges, with Dr. John Rackley named in a separate Pennsylvania post amid ongoing church reforms.
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Harrisburg
John R. Rackley
John Huss
Rackley
Pennsylvania
Unifaith
Oklahoma
State Senate
Gay Sernnan
Central
Connecticut State College
Versia
Council
Shastri Vows Resistance Over China Frontier Claims
Prime Minister Shastri told Parliament India will resist China if border posts on the Sikkim frontier are in Chinese territory and questioned Chinese claims. He avoided comment on a UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to the India Pakistan conflict within 48 hours and hinted at a forthcoming statement. He referenced potential legal and constitutional reforms as alternatives to current court structures.
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China
Shastri
U.N. Security Council
New York
India
Pakistan
U.N
Sikkim
Dia
Defense
Tibet
Hot Spring
Fukche
Ladakh
Kashmir
Demichok
Makistan
Nath Lat Pass
Sikhin
Gasigtoh
Amng Dungkea la
Sikhi
Dudian
Tdia
An Lian
Tehinese Vlattis
Fabrica
Uf UN
Lucian
Wiewies
New
China News Agency
Lidtay
Witten
Sericus
Specter calls for overhaul of Philadelphia magistrate system
Special Assistant Attorney General Arlen Specter denounces Philadelphia magistrates as corrupt in a 1515 page report and urges ripping out the system for a new court structure. The probe cites extortion by 19 of 28 magistrates, with fees rising above the legal $1 and alleged court fixes. Gov. Scranton and AG Alessandroni received copies last August amid arrests and further investigations continuing.
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Philadelphia
Arlen Specter
Swith Nost
Specter
Gov
Scranton
Walter E. Alessandroni
Alessandroni
John P. Mapan
Therant Hadhaan
Missionary to Speak at Old Mahoing Baptist Church
Rev Edward Bollinger Jr missionary of the American Baptist Foreign Missions will speak at 8 p m Tuesday Sept 21 at Old Mahoing Baptist Church Plumville Smicksburg area He discusses his evangelistic work and church planting in the USA under his leadership including new congregations.
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Plumville
Edward ‘E. Bollinger, Jr
The
American Baptist Foreign Micainn Saristies
Survine In
Stato Eee
Wee Eenne Opti Neem
Lawu
Bollinger
Okinawa
Paratroopers Battle In Vietnam Reported Heavy Casualties
U S paratroopers and allied forces fought Viet Cong across multiple zones near Saigon and in the Mekong delta. Reports say 155 Viet Cong killed or captured with light American losses. Air strikes and artillery targeted a guerrilla stronghold as the war effort intensifies.
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Strategic Air Command
Mekong River
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Alimose
Fong
New Zealand
U.S
Tuan
Minetier Highlands
Tet Cavalry
Ali Uubile
Viet Cung
Ike To Discuss Fund Raising in New Jersey Meeting
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Newark to discuss a long-range fund raising plan with Republican leaders. National Republican Chairman Ray Bliss will attend as Sen. Clifford P. Case is named chairman of the party speakers bureau for gubernatorial and legislative campaigns.
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Newark
Dwight —. Eisenhower
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Ray C. Bliss
Republican State Committee
State Committee
Sen
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Molly Rice 81 Looks Back on Hunting Love and Lore
Molly Rice, 81, reflects on a life of hunting and family memories in a hillside Cumberland home. She recalls hunting trips, a Cherokee heritage from her grandfather, and residence with Ballard Rice near Cherokee Lake, Tennessee, where she jokes about water skiing and planning to shoot a deer this fall.
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Ballard Rice
Cumberland
Cherokee Lake
Tennessee
Lisle H. Kunkle to Receive 33rd Degree in Cleveland
Blairsville businessman Lisle H. Kunkle will join 175 Freemasons to receive the 33rd Degree at the Supreme Council session in Cleveland on Sept. 29. A Jaffa Shrine member active in Masonic circles, he serves on trade and civic groups and runs a lumber and real estate business in Blairsville.
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Blairsville
Lisle H.kunkle
Scottish Rite Free Masonry
Cleveland
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Freemasonry
Kunkle
Jaffa
Altoona
Coudersport
du Bois Commandery
Missionaries Begin Okinawa Work in 1892
Mr Bollinger and his family were the first American Baptist missionaries assigned to Okinawa on a permanent basis, marking the continuation of Baptist mission efforts that began on the island in 1892 during World War II era awareness.
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He Ward
Icurdibhelcu
oLmad
Mr. Bollinger
Okinawa
Two Indiana Borough Crashes Reported With Damaged Property
Two weekend accidents in Indiana Borough caused property damage totaling 1175 dollars. Elizabeth Carhart 20 of Marion Center and Chester C Long 71 of 1310 School St collided at North Fourth Street and Oak Street at 3 52 p m Saturday. Sunday crash at 120 a m involved William Gene Snyder 7u and James Joseph Gaul 17 at Fourth Street and Locust Street.
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Indiana
Elizabeth Carhart
Marion Center
Chester C. Long
School St
North Fourth St
Oak Su
Willian Gene Snyder
Yudiane K.D
James
Obituaries for Moore Hawkins Peak and Lightcap area deaths
The Rural Valley and Indiana area obituaries record the deaths of Durward Der Moore 64, of Rural Valley, with services at Carson Funeral Home and interment in Cherry Tree Cemetery. Pamela Jean Hawkins five months, of Kittanning R D 5, died at Erie Infants Home, with services at Carson Funeral Home and interment at St Paul Cemetery Rural Valley. William Jasper Peak Lucernemines died from injuries at the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co mine near the Keystone Generating Station. Elizabeth Bires L. and Kathleen Greathouse obituary notices note family ties and service details. William Hubert Lightcap Marion Center, 87, died in Facey, various survivors listed. Harry M. Hilty 57, Manhattan Beach, formerly Indiana, died in California, with extensive survivor roster and funeral details.
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Carson Funeral Home
Rural Valley
T. R. R. Stull
Cherry Tree Cemetery
Pamela Jean Hawkins
Kittanning
R.D
Erie
Harold and
Mary Cogley Hawkins
Kenny
Sherry
Shelley
Lortie
Howard Cogley
Kittanning R.D
Sarah Ann Hawkins
Duried
Amr Eeepe Carson
John Kautz
St. Paul Cemetery
William Jasper Peak
Lucerne Mines
Indiana Hospital
Jane 1
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Keystone
Armstrong
County
Lucernemines
Howard
Lena Kennon Peak
Laura Lamar High School
Mr. Peak
Dorothy Watking Peak
William Howard
Ronald
Beverly Diana
June
Robin
Joann
Rita Lynn
Jack-Ir Ie
Joyce Lynn
Linda
Elizabeth Bires L
Cleveland
Janett L
Ondo
John Ondo
Indiana
Indiana R.D
Church of the
Tohn Scott
Maria Repnea
Lightcap
Laura Kooser
Sle
Clarence
Grace) Edwards
Marion Center
Arthur K
Detroit
Mich
Wilbur
Arlene) Black
Jay
Ken) Dilts
Marion Center RD
Charles
Charlotte) Pearce
Clarion
Fern Lightcap
John
Harry
Thomas Funeral Home
A. R. Kaufman
Marion Center Cemetery
Bus Crash in East Germany Kills Four, Injures Thirty-Two
An East German bus hit a tree between Kyritz and Havelberg about 50 miles west of Berlin. Four people were killed and 32 injured, according to ADN. The bus carried many persons traveling to a church gathering.
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Berlin
East Germany
ADN
Kyritz
Havelberg
Implied Plebiscite Debate Narrowly Divides UN Council
The UN Security Council debated a resolution urging cease-fire and withdrawal and asking India and Pakistan to pursue peaceful steps toward resolving Kashmir. Pakistan warned that without addressing core issues a wider conflict would follow. abstentions and criticisms from Jordan and others highlighted disagreements over past Kashmiri resolutions and the plebiscite proposal.
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India
Pakis Itan
Kashmir
Pakista
M. Zafer
Pakistan
Waleed M Sadi
Kashar
Mahasueedali Curtin Chagia
Qadian Autosister For Education
Tid
Tudial
Jed & Gedse
Belore
Guldberg
Betsy Death Toll Count Continues Rising In New Orleans
Hurricane Betsy's flood waters recede as salvage crews move in. two more drowned residents raise Louisiana tally to 78. National Guard reduced to 291, with 2,700 guardsmen in disaster zones after the hurricane. Red Cross says 7,614 evacuees in shelters and 8,000 fed by mobile kitchens. An Army diver inspects a sunken chlorine barge near LSU campus, 600 tons of thionrine aboard. Coast Guard guards water routes. 11,000 gas masks ready in Baton Rouge. SBA reports aid applications and health officials note no diphtheria or typhoid cases. price-p gouging urged to halt.
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New Orleans
New
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Louisiana State
Coast Guard
Administatiuia
Aad
Doug Teem
Bureau Actuy Hallaia
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Barbara) Khacherian
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